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In Java, what's the difference between public, default, protected, and private?

Royce Roy222706-May-2015
Are there clear rules on when to use each of these when making classes and interfaces and dealing with inheritance?
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Updated on 06-May-2015
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06-May-2015
This Java tutorial may be of some use to you.

Modifier | Class | Package | Subclass | World ————————————+———————+—————————+——————————+——————— public | y | y | y | y ————————————+———————+—————————+——————————+——————— protected | y | y | y | n ————————————+———————+—————————+——————————+——————— no modifier | y | y | n | n **also known as package-private** ————————————+———————+—————————+——————————+——————— private | y | n | n | n y: accessible n: not accessible

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